Marco Reus: The German icon finds its groove with La Galaxy

Most of everyone who has moved to a new place can indicate a moment of obligation, an important step to put down the roots. For some, it is mortgage papers to register the children at a new school or maybe something easier to register for membership in the gym.

For Marco Reus and his family, a horse flew halfway all over the world.

In August in August in August in Southern California, the La Galaxy Star for the first time and helped the GS to win her league record MLS Cup with a emphatic run for the 2024 championship in December, the first title of his illustrious career. He, his wife Scarlett and her two small children, understandably took a little longer to settle outside of Germany in their first starting stay.

Another member of her inner circle finally learned in Socal in Socal in Socal when she started the essential logistics of the reunification of Scarlett, an experienced riding rider who often competed in Europe in Europe, with her beloved horse Mochi and put it up in his new stable in the Golden State.

“Happy woman, happy life – you can express it like this”, Wisecracked Reus to mlssoccer.com this week before the El Tráfico Throwdown from Galaxy with her crosstown -rival LAFC on Saturday evening (10:30 p.m. Et | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV+). “It is her hobby and she is very happy to have her horse here, especially in LA. So that's good. I always try to help her with all these things.

“You know how it is. When the family is good, the woman is good and the children are good, everything else doesn't matter. So I'm glad when my wife and children are happy,” he added. “You have the beach in front of you, which means that you have so much time to have time with your family. There are also so many things to do with the children – of course we enjoy the sun and leisure.”

It would probably be a range to owe Mochi directly for the resurrected form of Reus on the field. The playmaker picked up 12 contributions in his last 13 games, including his team leading fifth goal of the campaign in the victory against DC United last weekend. But the fact that the German has recently shown its best on the field inevitably combines with the growing awareness of his and his family in their surroundings.

After a hard start to the season of the galaxy statistically, one of the worst defending defendations in MLS history, since injuries and squad sales have a victorious 16-game league-victory skid and a slide at the foot of the overall value directly from the gates, La has finally determined the bleeding in recent weeks, and it is a big factor that a big factor is a big factor.

“It has been quite difficult in the past few months with the results we achieved,” said the German. “Most of the time I would say we didn't play badly, but we made too many mistakes. And even in this league they cost mistakes.

“We had a new group where new players came in. At the beginning it was quite difficult to score goals. We admitted too many goals, especially in the first games. And now you can see that after the victory two weeks ago [over Western Conference frontrunners Vancouver] That we get a little bit of our self -confidence back and it makes a great, enormous effect. If you have confidence in your team, see it in different types of players. “

After a selection of gnawing injuries, Reus disrupted his rhythm in the first months of his Galaxium period and his influence is unmistakable.

“He is smarter than everyone else. It depends,” said head coach Greg Vanney after the 3-0 stroke of the Whitecaps on July 4, in which Reus assisted his seventh assistant assistant assistant. “He sees the game, he knows what happens in the game, he knows what the next game looks like, he knows how to do, the next guy should do it, the defender. The game flows through his brain.

“I think the greatest for him and I don't want to speak for him is that he feels better,” added Vanney. “So if you walk around in the field and feel good, don't think about it, like that or the other – you only play the game. And now he was able to get into a river with the rest of his teammates and just play the game.”

Reus' Star Turn in the first edition of El Tráfico, a dramatic 2-2 draw on May 18, was another remarkable turning point. Even in the depths of a five-game defeat, he and the GS put a victory on the occasion of refusing LAFC in the Dignity Health Sports Park and packing a clip through a breathtaking late freak equalizer. He says he endeavors to experience the other side of the Clásico at the BMO Stadium.

“I played a few derbies in my career, so I know a little bit about Diebys and Rivalrality,” said the Borussia Dortmund legend and nodded on the 'The Classic' of his old club “The Klasker” with Bayern Munich and the “Revier derby” against Schalke 04.

“It will be a big game for the city, for the club. So of course we try our best.”

His Tráfico heroic heroes indicate a growing hug of the La ramp light. Last year Reus had to adapt to a complementary role on arrival, with the galaxy fully flows under the orchestration of its No. 10, Riqui Puig. When the Spanish magician tore his ACL during his Audi MLS Cup playoffs, Reus was the logical replacement in terms of creative inspiration, at least on paper.

Her different skills and personalities made this a more difficult task in reality, especially in the middle of a number of changes elsewhere than the galaxy chopped and changed their squad in order to comply with compliance with the regulations for MLS service plans. As difficult as the circumstances were, Reus' family tree is inevitably that he inevitably wore the burden of expectations when the euphoria of last season melted away.

“I had many times in my career, in situations in which I did not achieve any assists or not, but for me it is more like playing well, and then the gates and the rest will come automatically,” he considered. “So I always try to say myself: 'Relax. It will come. Work just hard.'

“We also had [for] One or two months, an opportunity to play with almost the same team; In addition to Riqui, we have no major injuries, I would say. So this means that the structure is better, and that also helps me and the team. “

Sometimes it's not as easy as you might expect. As Reus described in a German-language podcast appearance last autumn, it turned out that he and Scarlet's first house workers first turned out that he was extensive organized crime operations and prompted it to pass to a place with a less checkered past.

Fortunately, the Reus clan has a well-networked compatriot that you can call for advice: the former coach of the US national team of the US men, Jürgen Klinsmann, who helped them sell them to the magic of Newport Beach, a beautiful coastal community that was 35 miles from DHSP along the coast of DHS with a significant European expatriative population.

“He was actually one of those guys I turned to him before I arrived here. I asked him: 'How is Orange County?' “He showed me a little new port, the best places, supermarkets, doctors, schools and kindergartens. So at the beginning he helped me a little, and sometimes we still got in touch. “

Klinsmann used his helicopter pilot license to commute from Newport to USMNT camps in Carson, whereby the notorious transport traffic on Interstate 405 dealt.

“You have to be open to every business idea,” he noted. “Obviously yours [playing] The career will not take 50 years. So you have to be careful with your plans after your career. So I always opened my eyes for new ideas … don't be blind, I would call it. “

Despite the suffering of the galaxy, Reus did not give up in the shorter term.

Despite the defending champs, 14 points south of the playoff places after the loss of home on Wednesday against Austin FC, their 23rd game of the season, he and his teammates hope that they can build dynamics by digging out a positive result – and no more weight than El Tráfico.

“We will try to win as many games as possible in the next few weeks, because our goal must be to reach the playoffs,” he said.

“I know it's far away, but nothing is impossible. So let's make ourselves for it.”